{"text":[[{"start":9.8,"text":"OpenAI is exploring legal action against Apple over their deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone, underlining the bitter competition between leading AI groups to access the iPhone-maker’s massive consumer base. "}],[{"start":23,"text":"The start-up was considering its legal options over what it sees as a lack of progress by Apple over enacting its 2024 agreement, according to people familiar with the matter."}],[{"start":33,"text":"OpenAI was concerned about a “pattern of behaviour from Apple . . . showing no interest in investing required resources to deliver on the promise of the partnership”, one of the people said."}],[{"start":43.3,"text":"“They are focused solely on extracting a tax for their market position,” they added. Bloomberg first reported OpenAI’s legal threat."}],[{"start":51.65,"text":"Apple has stayed on the sidelines as its Big Tech peers pour hundreds of billions of dollars into bets on AI models and infrastructure, instead striking deals to serve up third-party models to more than 1bn iPhone users."}],[{"start":65.05,"text":"The tension between Apple and OpenAI comes after the hardware giant earlier this year partnered with Google to use its Gemini AI models to power “Apple Intelligence”, its suite of AI features."}],[{"start":77.3,"text":"The announcement was widely viewed as a rebuke of OpenAI, which was the first AI company to partner with Apple."}],[{"start":84.5,"text":"The OpenAI partnership allowed Apple users to access results from ChatGPT when submitting queries to Siri and integrated the AI chatbot into Apple’s writing tools."}],[{"start":95.45,"text":"OpenAI is frustrated that Apple has not done more to integrate and promote its AI tools for iPhone users."}],[{"start":102.35000000000001,"text":"Apple is expected to announce updates with its new operating system later this year that will allow users to plug into a variety of third-party AI models. OpenAI has meanwhile poached talent from Apple’s AI team."}],[{"start":114.9,"text":"The AI start-up also hired Apple’s former design chief Jony Ive to work on a new device, which could become a competitor to the iPhone."}],[{"start":123.2,"text":"The threat comes as the ChatGPT maker faces a jury verdict as soon as this week in a case brought by Elon Musk over its transformation into a for-profit company."}],[{"start":133.45,"text":"OpenAI and Apple declined to comment."}],[{"start":143.2,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1778883280_7931.mp3"}